Pocket match-scratcher.



it To all whom it may concern umTEDSTATES 1.1 A NTO 1 EV anssn'mmon cox,or ennnnsnono, r'nnnsynvam'a,

- rocxnrmarcn-sona'rcnnn 3 Specification of Be it known that.I, JessaMINOR Cox, 'a

*bitizen of'the United States, residing'at Greensboro, 5.

. Match- Scratchers,

in the county of Greene and .State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and usefullmprovements in Pocket of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This. invention relates to an improved pocket match scratcher'and hasfor its primary objectv to provide improved-meansseand arrangement ofparts 1 .more.fully described, 'pointedout in-th'e'aping drawing,

cured to the 7 pocket flapwherewith" the match head is adapted tofrictionally. engage to cause the same to ignite. Another and morespecific object of the invention residesi'n the provision of-a sheet ofemery. or other iriction material sewed or adhesively secured to the.under side, of. a pocket flap with which the heads. of the matches areadapted to be engaged as they are drawn from" the pocket, and,aprotective flap or. lining" to prevent the sideeof the coat pocketfrom-being wornby the ngagement of the emery sheet therewith. a

A further object ofthe invention is to produce-a simpl above characterwhichfimay be readily ap-.

plied to a pocket'flapat very small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consistsiiigthe novelfeatures of construction: and. the. combination to behereinafter pended claim, and. shown in the accompany,-

,I1 'Which-" Figure 1 1s.aside elevation Jo'f-a portion of a coat orother garment having a' pocket, showing the flap.

raised; and; Fig. 2 'isja vertical section, the flap being down in itsnormal position g Referring in detail to the drawing, .5

- desi nates the coat i other garment ro- .vide I hangs and closes] 1.1pocket, To; the 'uilderi si j sheet of emery or othr i. dicated'at 8,is-secur with a pocket 6. 7 designates. the usualv per end of the e..o.;-the flap a I friction material, ine {at its edges b stitch 1 ing thesame-thereto,'though1-it will ohvi ous that glue or: otherisuitableadhesive-may be employed-01" this pu'rpose. of any suitable material isalso stitch to, the pocket flap along one ed sheet adjacent the attachee e o h Gupta-.01 this pa'tent may beohtafiled tor 1;; cents e andeffective device of the weeter- Letters Patent.

is in itsnoranal position it is dispose emery sheet and the outer sideof the ocket. This lining acts as a protection for t e. a ric andprevents the'side of the pocket from being worn by the frictionalengagement of the. emery sheet therewith. From the above descri tion itis thought that the man'ner of use 0 my invention will be obvious. agWhen it is desired to ignite the match head for lighting acigar,cigarette or any other purpose, the pocket flap is raised and thehandinserted therein to withdraw at match. As the hand is withdrawn thematch head is brought into contact with the emery sheet so that. thefriction thus produced will cause the same to flame. Thus the necessityleg or other places and is avoided,

'W hen the pocket flap hangs downwardly in its normal position, thematch. scratcher is invisible so i of thegarment.

t will be obvious that as the invention is. of an extremely simplenature, the. same can be provided at extremely small cost.

It is-to'be understood that my invention includes the manufactureofthese improved match scratchers independent of or detachable from agarment and that any means may be employed to detachably or otherwisesecure the device'in its applied posi- .tion. i

What I claim. is;

[comprising in combination with. a garment pocket provided with a flap afriction sheet of. less length than the flap secured to the underside'thereof, and a protecting lining fabric of greater lensheet-secured to said tween-said sheet andthe wall. of the pocket toprotect" the pocket wall ia'ga'lnst wear by the l:mgageme'nt of; thefriction. sheet there: In t 4 'ony whereof "I hereunto affix my gsignaturein thepresence of tw'owitnesses.

- JESSEMINOR COX.

Witnesses; I

e of the emery FRANK B. name,

i Mrs-JO N. C. KRAMER.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Patented Feb. 24., 1 914. Application filed June 16, 1913. Serial .No.773,976. I

between the.

of striking the match upon the trousers marring the same i that the samedoes not detract "in anv manner trom the neat appearance The hereindescribed match scratch en I th than the) friction ap along" one edgeofthe friction sheet-andnormally. disposed be-

